Improvement in seats for vehicles



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Letters Patent No. 109,368, dated November 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTIN SEATS FOR VEHICLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent 4and making part of thesame.

.To all whom it may concer-n:

Beit known that I, Daxter. 1l. ALLEN, of Cumberianthin the county ofCumberland and State ot Maine, have invented certain new and usefulSpring Seat for Agricultural Machines, Sie.; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be n full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the ,accompanying drawing, in whiclr- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the seat.

Figure 2- is a front view ofthe same.

Figure 3 is a detail of inode of applying the sprinf.

My invention consists of an improved-suspended seat for cultivators andother agricultural vimplements. y

Figs. 1 and 2 show front and side views ot' my iniproved spring seat.

The general purpose of this is to prevent the injurious results thatfollow to a person riding on such machines as cultivators.

It can also be very advantageously applied to mow- `ing-machines andhorsc-rakes, and, in short, to

agricultural machine or vehicle requiring a seat for 4the rider.

, of the frame -or vehicle may not effect the person sitting in theseat; for it is plain that theseat will so of theground on which' theyi"are used, exceedingly' painful, in time, and'dangerous to health,partitmlarly'v in the case ot mowing-machines, when, from the solid andrigid construction of the machine and action ol' the cut-ters, where theseat is rigidly-set on the frame,-

thc mot-ion is very great and verypernicious in its ,ciiects on thebody.

The connections with the support o may, in addition to admitting oft-hesw-inging or oscillating motion ofthe seat, have connected with them or.the seat-springs, such as arcseeu at y2' lr,iigs. l and 2, and at s,1i". 3, and the connections may be attached to or united with suchsprings.

With this arrangementthe sudden jolts of the frame or carriage are hutlittle felt by the rider or driyer, which motions in the case of heavysolid-trained machines, like mowers, are violent, and in the presentstructure of the machines wholly unrelievcd.

That I claim as my il'lvcntiou, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent,is*

. suspended seat for agricultural machines, 621e.,

having the support o, the connections p 12, and with or without thesprings sand 1', as set forth.' fVitnesses: DANIEL R. ALLEN.

WM. HENRY GrnFFoRn, GEORGE E. BIRD.

